Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-19
rnr PRESIDENTS VAIL.
t-om All Sorts Of Applicants for PEN
~ Epistles of the Children.
New York Herald.

81 from All Sorts of Applicants Tor rem
a Epistles of the Children.
New York Herald.
Il .asideut's mail contains an aver
n rom 100 to $50 letters a day from
whose claims for pension are
- before the department. These
address the chief executive in the
probably, that the peHsion office
4 door to the white house, and that
- the only letter he may have re-
in a week.
/ ant one half of these letters are sent
cleveland. The writer's in such
a are usually the wives or daughters
4 q petitioners. Some of them bestow
4 Mrs. Cleveland such titles as Her
4 stv.n Empress, and other appella-
Of royalty. There are few of the
that do not contain some touches
"a nmen nature. They are evidently
Y on in the sincere belief that Mrs.
and will assist them if her sympa-
can only be aroused. With this
in view a great mass of details are
o,tb in the communication, which,
her with the obscure chirography
had spelling, make its understanding
tier of no iuconsiderable time and
,nay be said in this conn ection that
er the president nor Mrs. Cleveland
~ an aware of the existence of these
NJ rs They are opened by an un-
ntic. unsentimental CLERK at the
bnye mansion, from whose hands
- fall into the waste-basket and are
heard of again.
= women who address Mrs. Cleveland
sh her with suggestions as to the
method of presenting their claim
president. ONe of the plans which
#rusal of the letters show that all
In hold in common Is for her to
III pntil Mr.. Cleveland has had his sup
~ nd then, when he is enjoying q quiet
in the parlor (sic) bring the mat
b his attention. Many of them tell
= at this is the hour of the day when
IN is most amenable TO argument,
= hat they (the writersl prefer this
n safest time for presenting the.-
II equests.
81 applicants for pensions vino write
III president are, as has been said, old
~ ers who, like the female part of the
$ y. are sadly deficient in the princi-
VI Of even an elementary education.
~ write too, in more vigorous style
W heir helpmeets, and their language
Bmetimes of so tobust a nature that
ID l1ently provokes a smile. For ex-
M, an Illinois man who addresses
q resident in letter received today,
IL pension officials tell me to get
& borative evidence from some of my
FADES. want to tell you that it, II
i of hard matter TO get evidence of
n who go into action and never come
n again" and then he continues by
D. that his company went into the
erness hundred strong, and at the
Nj the seven days fight there were
n inc of the number who were left to
H. tale.
8mehmes the letters are written by
&ren, who begin in this fashion.
IEAR Mr.. PRESIDENT: / am a little
Enly 10 years of age. My papa does
8uow that am writing this letter. If
j d he would not permit it,"
fen follows a pathetic tale Of want
&nisery, touching enough in its sim
| vile of treatment, but rendered more
the fact of the writer's youth and
pence.
Neral months ago one of these touch-
hissiye CHANGED to reach the presi-
eye. It's simple pleading touched
npathetic chord of the presidents
~ The little miss begged the reten-
ia her father, republican, on the
b of medical examiners in the New
and town in which their home was
ted. She said he was very old and
&g Of an incurable disease. The posi-
u paid him a salary of about 81 200 a
4 and in view of the fact that he could
&pnger practice his profession the
4going sum was their only source of
pine. The letter concluded in these
d apa must not know about this. II
II be a secret between you and me. If
adecide to keep him mark an X on the
=. OF the enclosed postal card and then
Il. know that you are going to grant
#sh."
n president sent the letter and in
%re to Commissioner of Pensions
"a with this endorsement:
n there are no charges against the
N lner In question you Will oblige me
4 retaining him in his present posi-
d L. Black Investigated the matter, and
mat the examiner was not an old
ol.' on the contrary, lusty young
scarcely 30 years old, and that so
ou having 70 little girl 10 years of
as was not even married.
telegraph after this couldn't carry
snissal quick enough to him, and
ma, time letters from little girls
e'.te without their papa's knowledge
'-eohunently destroyed as flakes"
and simple
n "ad NO Effect.
81 New York Sun
Il guess you'd better try chloroform on